France set to ban BPA in all food contact materials

Chemical Watch: The French government has given its backing to a proposal to ban bisphenol A (BPA) in all food contact materials from 2014, while containers aimed at children under three should be BPA-free by the beginning of 2013, according to French health minister Xavier Bertrand. The centre-right government gave its support on Thursday to a law drafted by Socialist MP Gerard Bapt just over a week after the French National Agency for Food Safety,...